Energy Consultations Hub
Each year governments, regulatory bodies and other organisations host dozens of energy-related inquiries and consultations to ensure decisionmaking is supported by a wide range of insights. This page aims to increase engagement with these deliberative processes by providing a single, accessible point from which they can be accessed.
The list includes consultation processes convened by a range of organisations, including Federal and State governments, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), the Australian Energy Regulator (AER), and the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC). The curated list is intended to include consultation processes of industry- and society-wide signifiance rather than every ongoing process.
Through this page and other initiatives, the Gas & Energy Transition Research Centre aims to improve stakeholder engagement in the energy sector and thereby improve governance and decisionmaking.
Current consultations and inquiries
Monitoring the retail energy markets
Convenor: Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART)
Deadline: 22 August 2025
Region: NSW
IPART is seeking views from a range of stakeholders including households, small businesses, consumer groups, industry associations, retailers and distribution networks on the NSW retail electricity and gas markets.
Emissions from the fossil fuel sector
Convenor: Parliament of NSW
Deadline: 22 August 2025
Region: NSW
The Joint Standing Committee on Net Zero Future is accepting submissions related to their inquiry into the scale and nature of current and likely future direct greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel projects and related infrastructure in the state.
ECGS Projected Assessment of System Adequacy
Convenor: Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)
Deadline: 28 August 2025
Region: National
The AEMC is seeking stakeholders’ feedback on a draft determination and draft rule that would introduce two new projected assessment of system adequacy forecasts covering cover supply, demand, and infrastructure capacity of the East Coast Gas System over seven-day and 12-month outlooks.
Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy
Convenor: The Australian Senate
Deadline: 12 September 2025
Region: National
The Australian Senate is inviting submissions into the prevalence and impacts of misinformation and disinformation which relates to climate change and energy.
Inquiry into sugarcane bioenergy opportunities in Queensland
Convenor: Queensland Parliament
Deadline: 8 October 2025
Region: QLD
The Primary Industries and Resources Committee has initiated an inquiry into the opportunities and challenges of expanding sugarcane-based bioenergy in Queensland, focusing on electricity generation, regulatory barriers, investment support, defence fuel needs, R&D, land use, and grower benefits.
If you are aware of an ongoing inquiry or consultation that isn't listed above, please share it with us via e-mail.
Centre submissions
Researchers within the Gas & Energy Transition Research Centre frequently contribute to consultations and inquiries related to the energy sector. Their submissions draw on the disciplinary expertise that can be found across the Centre's themes - Communities & Coexistence, Decarbonisation, Energy Security, and Environment.
These include submission to the following consultations:
Narrabri Gas project
Queensland Royalties Bill
Technology Investment Roadmap
ACOLA gas transition research strategy discussion paper
GFCQ strategic plan 2020 -24
National COVID-19 Coordination Commission (re gas supply issues)
Inquiry into the implementation of the recommendations contained in the NSW Chief Scientist's Independent Review of CSG activities in NSW.
Draft GAB Strategic Management Plan 2018
Regional development and decentralisation
Independent scientific panel inquiry into hydraulic fracture stimulation in Western Australia
ACCC Gas Inquiry
Inquiry into water use by the extractive industry
Scientific Inquiry into hydraulic fracturing in the Northern Territory
Inquiry into unconventional gas (fracking) in the south east of South Australia
IESC draft research priorities
Gasfields Commission Independent Review
Inquiry into unconventional gas in Victoria
Unconventional gas mining
Draft ISP Consultation
Firm Energy Reliability Mechanism (FERM)
Electricity and Energy Sector Plan Discussion Paper
Inquiry into Glencore's proposed carbon capture and storage project
Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing in the Northern Territory
Enhancing the Integrated System Plan to Support the Energy Transition
Options to ensure the domestic wholesale gas market delivers for Australians
Low Emissions Technology Statement 2022
Queensland Resources Industry Development Plan Consultation
ACCC Review of LNG Netback Price Series
QREZC: Community benefits consultation paper
QREZ: Consultation on the model for QREZ design and access